An optical pickup apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information for an optical information recording medium, comprising a light converging optical system including a coupling lens and an objective lens, wherein a first diffraction structure is installed on the objective lens, and a second diffraction structure is arranged on the coupling lens, whereby the spherical aberration and chromatic aberration caused by the difference in the thickness of the protective layer are corrected in the light converging optical system as a whole.
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2. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the following formula is satisfied: −0.02<m 2 −m 1 ≦0 (4).
3. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light flux reflected from the information recording surface of the first optical information recording medium and the light flux reflected from the information recording surface of the second optical information recording medium enter the light receiving surface of a common optical detector.
4. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the light flux reflected from the information recording surface of the first optical information recording medium and the light flux reflected from the information recording surface of the second optical information recording medium enter the light receiving surface of a common optical detector.
8. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first light source and the second light source are accommodated in a common package.
9. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first light source and the second light source are accommodated in a common package.
10. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first light source and the second light source are accommodated in a common package.
11. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first light source and the second light source are accommodated in a common package.
12. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a third light source for emitting a third light flux having a wavelength λ 3 (nm) (λ 2 <λ 3 ) is provided, wherein the light converging optical system converges a light flux from the third light source onto an information recording surface of a third optical information recording medium through a protective layer having a thickness t 3 (t 2 <t 3 ), whereby information recording and/or reproduction is enabled.
13. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a third light source for emitting a third light flux having a wavelength λ 3 (nm) (λ 2 <λ 3 ) is provided, wherein the light converging optical system converges a light flux from the third light source onto an information recording surface of a third optical information recording medium through a protective layer having a thickness t 3 (t 2 <t 3 ), whereby information recording and/or reproduction is enabled.
14. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a third light source for emitting a third light flux having a wavelength λ 3 (nm) (λ 2 <λ 3 ) is provided, wherein the light converging optical system converges a light flux from the third light source onto an information recording surface of a third optical information recording medium through a protective layer having a thickness t 3 (t 2 <t 3 ), whereby information recording and/or reproduction is enabled.
15. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising a third light source for emitting a third light flux having a wavelength λ 3 (nm) (λ 2 <λ 3 ) is provided, wherein the light converging optical system converges a light flux from the third light source onto an information recording surface of a third optical information recording medium through a protective layer having a thickness t 3 (t 2 <t 3 ), whereby information recording and/or reproduction is enabled.
16. The optical pickup apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising a third light source for emitting a third light flux having a wavelength λ 3 (nm) (λ 2 <λ 3 ) is provided, wherein the light converging optical system converges a light flux from the third light source onto an information recording surface of a third optical information recording medium through a protective layer having a thickness t 3 (t 2 <t 3 ), whereby information recording and/or reproduction is enabled.
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